Compatibility Matrix
PacketMMAP and DPDK Drivers on VM-Series Firewalls
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PacketMMAP and DPDK Drivers on VM-Series Firewalls
The Palo Alto Networks list of PacketMMAP and DPDK drivers on VM-Series firewall
deployments.
The VM-Series firewall supports the PacketMMAP and Data
Plane Development Kit (DPDK) drivers listed in the tables below. VM-Series
firewalls use their own drivers to communicate with the drivers
on the host. You should install host-driver versions that are equal to
or later than the driver versions on your VM-Series firewall.
To choose host drivers for SR-IOV:
- KVM—On your KVM host, install a physical function (PF) driver version that is equal to or later than the virtual function (VF) native driver version listed below.
- ESXi—Refer to the VMware Compatibility Matrix and install the latest driver for the firmware version (PF=i40e, VF=i40evf).
For more information about communication between VF drivers on the VM-Series firewall and PF
drivers on the host (the hypervisor), review the list of PacketMMAP and DPDK Drivers on VM-Series
Firewalls in the VM-Series Deployment Guide.
SR-IOV Access Mode
VM-Series firewalls support SR-IOV Access Mode on KVM and ESXi
hypervisors. To enable single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) access mode, you can
include the bootstrap parameter file:
plugin-op-commands=sriov-access-mode-on in the
initcfg.txt
- KVM—Requires PAN-OS 9.1.5 or a later PAN-OS version with VM-Series plugin 2.0.1 or a later plugin version.
- ESXi—Requires PAN-OS 9.1.5 or a later PAN-OS 9.1 version or PAN-OS 10.1 or a later PAN-OS version with VM-Series plugin 2.0.5 or a later plugin version.
PacketMMAP Driver Versions
VM-Series firewalls use their virtual function (VF)
drivers to communicate with the host's physical function (PF) drivers during
SR-IOV. For example, i40e is a PF driver and i40evf is a VF driver.
|
PAN-OS Version
|
Driver Filename
| ARM Driver Filename |
Virtual Firewall Native Drivers (Linux Version)
|
Comment
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11.2
|
bnx2x
| mlx5 |
1.713.36-0
| |
|
i40e
| i40e |
2.14.13
| ||
|
iavf
|
4.0.2
| |||
|
igb
|
5.6.0
| |||
|
igbvf
|
2.4.0
| |||
|
ixgbe
|
5.1.0
|
The minimum version for multiple queues is 4.2.5
| ||
|
ixgbevf
|
4.1.0
| |||
|
mlnx-en
|
4.9
| |||
|
11.1
|
bnx2x
| mlx5 |
1.713.36-0
| |
|
i40e
| i40e |
2.14.13
| ||
|
iavf
|
4.0.2
| |||
|
igb
|
5.6.0
| |||
|
igbvf
|
2.4.0
| |||
|
ixgbe
|
5.1.0
|
The minimum version for multiple queues is 4.2.5
| ||
|
ixgbevf
|
4.1.0
| |||
|
mlnx-en
|
4.9
| |||
|
11.0
|
bnx2x
|
1.713.36-0
| ||
|
i40e
|
2.14.13
| |||
|
iavf
|
4.0.2
| |||
|
igb
|
5.6.0
| |||
|
igbvf
|
2.4.0
| |||
|
ixgbe
|
5.1.0
|
The minimum version for multiple queues is 4.2.5
| ||
|
ixgbevf
|
4.1.0
| |||
|
mlnx-en
|
4.9
| |||
|
10.2
|
bnx2x
|
1.712.30-0
| ||
|
i40e
|
2.13.10
| |||
|
iavf
|
3.2.3
|
i40evf renamed to iavf; still compatible with i40en host
driver.
| ||
|
igb
|
5.4.0
| |||
|
igbvf
|
2.4.0
| |||
|
ixgbe
|
5.1.0
|
The minimum version for multiple queues is 4.2.5
| ||
|
ixgbevf
|
4.1.0
| |||
|
mlnx-en
|
4.9
| |||
|
10.1
|
bnx2x
|
1.712.30-0
| ||
|
i40e
|
2.13.10
| |||
|
iavf
|
3.2.3
|
i40evf renamed to iavf; still compatible with i40en host
driver.
| ||
|
igb
|
5.4.0
| |||
|
igbvf
|
2.4.0
| |||
|
ixgbe
|
5.1.0
|
The minimum version for multiple queues is 4.2.5
| ||
|
ixgbevf
|
4.1.0
| |||
|
mlnx-en
|
4.9
| |||
|
9.1
|
bnx2x
|
1.713.36-0
| ||
|
i40e
|
2.3.2
| |||
|
i40evf
|
3.2.2
|
Compatible with i40en host driver.
| ||
|
igb
|
5.4.0
| |||
|
igbvf
|
2.4.0
| |||
|
ixgbe
|
5.1.0
|
The minimum version for multiple queues is 4.2.5
| ||
|
ixgbevf
|
4.1.0
|
DPDK Driver Versions
When the firewall is in DPDK mode, it uses DPDK drivers.
Please check the official DPDK release notes for more
information.
By default DPDK is enabled on VM-Series firewalls as stated below.
If the VM-Series firewall detects an unsupported driver, the firewall reverts
to PacketMMap mode.
Hypervisor | Virtual Driver | NIC Drivers |
|---|---|---|
KVM | virtio | ixgbe, ixgbevf, i40e, i40evf, and mlnx-en (PAN-OS 10.1 and later) |
ESXi | VMXNET3 | ixgbe, ixgbevf, i40e, i40evf |
|
ARM KVM
|
virtio
|
I40e and mlx5 (PAN_OS 11.1 and later)
|
See VM-Series for KVM and VM-Series for VMWare vSphere
Hypervisor (ESXi) for PAN-OS versions that support DPDK,
DPDK with SR-IOV, or DPDK with Virtio.
PAN-OS Version | DPDK Version | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
11.2
|
22.11.1
| |
|
11.1
|
22.11.1
| |
11.0 | 20.11.1 | |
10.2 | 20.11.1 | |
10.1 | 19.11.3 | |
9.1 | 18.11 |